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Whale Watching near Laguna Beach

As a visitor, you can enjoy one of the most unique whale and dolphin watching made possible through underwater viewing pods. A number of companies provide daily, all around the year whale watching trips. Visitors get aboard an advanced, high speed catamaran. This latest design sailboat can help you to get closer to the stunningly beautiful blue whales, gray whales, fin whales, killer whales, humpback whales, and minke whales.

Whale watching season

The May to October months is excellent for seeing the blue whales while the December to April months is ideal to observe gray whales. Other than whales, you can also see a number of wild dolphins species. They move in herds and thus offer an interesting experience. Many whale watching trips start from the Dana Point Harbor, situated a few minutes away from the Laguna Beach.

Laguna Beach is the best for whale watching

You can use the pod and can experience first hand the event of swimming with the whales and dolphins without immersing your body in water.

The place reputedly has the highest concentration of dolphins for every square mile compared to any other place on earth. To a new visitor, it would seem like a dolphin stampede.

The sight-seeing catamarans are never crowded . They carry 49 passengers and no more. If you want increased comfort, one catamaran permits a total of only 20 passengers.

If you want, you can share your whale watching in real time with family and friends back home through a website. They can see you live together with whales and dolphins.

If you are concerned with the environment, then do note that these whale watching companies subsist on eco-tourism activities. Only dolphin and whale watching are allowed. All other activities are strictly forbidden. Knowledgeable marine naturalists elaborate on how these marine animals live. The result is an educational and fun whale watching experience. There is also a micro-museum collection of whale and dolphin watching artifacts.

You can use the underwater hydrophone to listen below surface. This can be an extremely enjoyable affair as this region has the biggest blue whales concentration anywhere else in world. The biggest animal to ever live on earth is the Blue whale. These whales can grow to a staggering 33 meters and can weigh a massive 200 tons. This type of whale can hold about 1,000 tons of food and water when totally expanded.